On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 01:19:41AM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: > I've been seeing a lot of discussions about various WM's lately, and > everyone seems to be extremely concerned about easy workspace switching. > I'm just wondering what exactly everyone uses workspaces for? Every once > in a while, if I'm doing two things at once that each require 5 windows > a piece, I'll use two desktops/workspaces, but I don't think I've ever > really gone over that. That leads me to believe that there's some > unrealized benefit that I'm missing out on. So what do you use your > workspaces for, and why are they so important?
I use exactly 2 virtual desktops and Fluxbox: Desktop 1 has 4 terminals. Desktop 2 has mozilla basically full-screen. Flux lets me use the mouse-wheel to alternate them. More than two, and it's not as efficient to "flip" bing-bang between them; I have to stop and think about where I want to stop. With 2 it's just a muscle twitch, no cerberal activity required. Sometimes other windows will float transitively above them. If I need an app to stay around for a while, I'll tab-dock it with one of the terminals, or tab-dock it with Moz if it needs lots of real estate. I love it. I keep trying fancier things but get no additional benefit. Like I said, more than 2, and I have to expend mental energy. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
